Supply & Demand Chain Executive

JULY 01

For over 10 years Supply & Demand Chain Executive (SDCE) has been the only magazine in the Supply Chain industry covering the entire global supply chain that focuses on ROI, professional development and change management, all in a solutions-based format. As a C-level and line-of-business executive, you can depend on our mission-critical editorial to solve your supply chain challenges. Supply & Demand Chain Executive is THE user manual for successful supply and demand chain transformation. We help you gain competitive advantage in this complex world through hard-hitting analysis, viewpoints and unbiased case studies.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that, despite the dot-com frenzy, business leaders must continue to deal in traditional business fundamentals; and that a company's value is still found in an effective management team.

In the face of computer suites that promise to do everything but glow-buff the Turtle Wax on a customer's Lexus, your salesforce can feel commoditized in a way Willy Loman never dreamed. But the truth about CRM is a lot less frightening.

It was a public relations nightmare: Asingle supplier relationship put one clothing company's reputation, bottom line and production schedule at risk. And now that companies are finding their suppliers online, the potential for disaster increases. When...

ERP systems are big investments that shouldn't be ignored while Web-enabling software is being favored. One company found a way to jump the integration hurdle, discovering that ERP doesn't have to be a roadblock, but a building block.

e-Procurement promises to lower costs for buyers. But for suppliers, that sounds suspiciously like lower prices and tighter margins. Now, new sell-side applications purport to let suppliers manage their pricing more strategically.

At John Deere & Co., customers are not the only ones deploying advanced technology. Jon Stegner, director of supply management and strategic sourcing, has helped lead the manufacturer into the world of supply chain automation, proving that, even in the...